Ruby's appearance indeed slightly calmed the Martial Saint's fury. He took a deep breath, stared at Ruby, and said in a softened tone, "Ruby, you and I are of the same generation, I shouldn't be speaking to you in this manner used for disciplining juniors, but..."
This "but" made Ybur's heart skip a beat.
Everyone knows that "but" signifies a dreadful twist.
Bai Zhouqiao paused. Ybur couldn't help but feel a chill of fear, sensing that this pause by the Martial Saint was perhaps a buildup of power... In its imagination, above its head, red exclamation marks symbolizing danger were likely popping up one after another, and the longer the Martial Saint paused, the quicker those exclamation marks flashed. It couldn't help but nudge behind Ruby, only to find that Ruby was also trembling: "Lis... Listen to me explain..."
"There is nothing to explain!"
Bai Zhouqiao said with an unquestionable tone, "You are making a joke out of the livelihoods of the world!!"